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Kumgol station
Kŭmgol station is a railway station in Kŭmgol 1-dong, greater Tanch'ŏn city, South Hamgyŏng province, North Korea, on the Kŭmgol Line of the Korean State Railway.[1] It was opened in 1961.[2]
Kŭmgol 금골역 | |||||||||||
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| Korean name | |||||||||||
| Hangul | 금골역 | ||||||||||
| Hanja | 金골驛 | ||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Geumgolyeok | ||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Kŭmgolyŏk | ||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Kŭmgol 1-dong, Tanch'ŏn, South Hamgyŏng North Korea | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°55′09″N 128°48′45″E / 40.9191°N 128.8125°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Korean State Railway | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (1 island) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 6 (+2 sidings) | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1961 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | yes | ||||||||||
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A trolleybus line formerly ran from next to the railway station to Kumgol 3-dong serving the Komdok mining area. However, no trolleybuses have run since 2011 and the loop line next to the station was dismantled around or before 2015.[3]
References edit
- ^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
- ^ The traffic and geography in North Korea: Kŭmgol Line (in Korean)
- ^ "Kumgol-dong". transphoto.org. Retrieved 2021-03-17.